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Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by Creedence Clearwater Revival
Released	January 1976 (1976-01)
Recorded	1968–1972
Genre	Americana swamp rock
Length	67:55
Label	Fantasy
Producer	John Fogerty
Creedence Clearwater Revival chronology
More Creedence Gold (1973) Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits (1976) 20 Golden Greats (1979)

Chronicle, or fully Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits, is a greatest hits album by the American rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival. It was released in January 1976 by Fantasy Records. The edited version of "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" featured on the album was simultaneously released as a single.

Chronicle is a singles collection with 13 A-sides and seven B-sides. Unlike the two previously released Creedence Gold compilations, Chronicle includes all of the group's charted hits. Chronicle: Volume Two was released in 1986, and features non-charting "classics" collected from the same albums as the songs on Chronicle.

Certified 12× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), it is the best-selling album in the band's catalog. The compilation was ranked number 59 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time in 2012, but disappeared from the list altogether when it was published again in 2020. The album has sold at least 6 million copies in the US since 1991 (data from 2013), when Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales for Billboard. It has remained on the Billboard 200 chart for 12 years, reaching the 600 week-mark (non-consecutive) in August 2022. It was re-released on vinyl in 2014 as a limited edition.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Blender
Robert Christgau	A
Rolling Stone

For his review of Chronicle for AllMusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine said that the album was suitably compiled, but he did not like how the Compact Disc reissue had the full-length version of "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," saying it does not fit with the other songs on the collection. Blender magazine's review called Chronicle the group's best compilation. Robert Christgau called the album a good starting-point for Creedence fans.

Track listing

All tracks are written by J. C. Fogerty, except where noted

These times are for the CD version. The vinyl LP version has the single version of "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" instead of the longer album version.

Personnel

Per liner notes.

• John Fogerty – vocals, lead guitar, production, arrangements
• Stu Cook – bass
• Doug Clifford – drums
• Tom Fogerty – rhythm guitar

Charts

Certifications

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• Creedence Clearwater Revival compilation albums
• 1976 greatest hits albums
• Fantasy Records compilation albums
• Albums produced by John Fogerty
• Albums produced by Stu Cook
• Albums produced by Doug Clifford
• Albums produced by Saul Zaentz